Red Light Runners

["Lourie Smit" <lsmit@ozemail.com.au>]

Following is an extract from an article in today's Daily Telegraph on the
above subject:
" The number of train drivers (in NSW) running red signals has nearly
doubled during the past five years, new figures show.
There were 97 trains across the state's rail network last year that passed
"signals at stop" without following proper procedures, up from 49 notified
incidents in 1995.
Under safe working procedures, a train may proceed through a red signal
after a minute - provided it proceeds slowly and contacts the nearest signal
box.
In 1995 49 trains ignored stop signs, 67 in 1996, 61 in 1997, 73 in 1998 and
97 last year.
the figures were released in response to a request for rail incident
statistics from the State Opposition."